Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Officials said Algeria and Tunisia were engaged in consultations on border and other security cooperation. The officials said cooperation must be enhanced to stop the flow of Al Qaida-aligned fighters throughout North Africa. “There is a need to advance coordination at the security level in order to achieve concrete results,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Algeria and Morocco have been leading an arms buildup in North Africa, a report said. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute asserted that Algeria and Morocco represented the two leading weapons procurers in the African continent over the last four years. In a report, the institute said Algiers and Rabat […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria and Morocco have been preparing to open their borders after nearly 20 years of tension. Officials said Algeria and Morocco have agreed in principle to open their borders as part of renewed security cooperation. They said Morocco, after more than a decade of efforts, has persuaded Algeria to conduct […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria and Morocco have agreed to re-open their borders, closed since 1994. Diplomats said the governments in Algiers and Rabat have agreed in principle to re-open their mutual border as part of an effort to achieve reconciliation. They said the border re-opening reflected a recognition by Algeria that it required […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria and Morocco have signed their first intelligence accord. The two North African neighbors have signed an agreement to exchange intelligence on insurgency financing. The accord would commit the financial intelligence units of both countries to also exchange information on suspected money laundering and orgnaized crime. Officials said the agreement […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RABAT — The Islamist movement that won parliamentary elections in Morocco reflects the traditions of the North African kingdom rather than the pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood, a report said. The International Strategic Studies Association said that the victory of the Justice and Development Party in parliamentary elections on Nov. 25 did not reflect […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has ignored human rights and civilian relations in military education programs in the Middle East, a report said. The Government Accountability Office, in a report titled “International Military Education and Training,” asserted that the Defense Department and State Department have ignored human rights in military education programs […]